BBC correspondent Jessica Parker was reporting from the Icelandic city of Grindavik when authorities ordered a direct evacuation for anybody within the space.
Residents had been being allowed again into the city in small numbers to shortly retrieve belongings when the evacuation order got here.
Authorities later stated the realm round Grindavik was evacuated after sulphur dioxide was detected, sparking fears of a close-by opening within the floor.
The broader Reykjanes peninsula was struck by a whole lot of earthquakes on Monday and based on scientists a volcanic eruption is anticipated.
There’s been a rise in earthquake exercise the area surrounding the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik, since late October.
That is as a consequence of a underground river of magma – sizzling liquid or semi-liquid rock – about 15km (10 miles) in size shifting upwards under the earth’s floor.
